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Sustainable Lexington Committee Minutes of Meeting of February 28, 2023 A meeting of the Sustainable Lexington Committee (SLC) was held by Zoom conference. A quorum of at least eight was present throughout. Members Present: Cindy Arens (chair), Celis Brisbin, Paul Chernick, Lin Jensen, Andy Joynt, Rick Reibstein, Todd Rhodes (vice-chair), Dan Voss, Charlie Wyman Members Absent: Staff Present: Maggie Peard Other Attendees: Mark Sandeen (Select Board), Joe Pato (Select Board), Wendy Manz (SPRD Committee), Betsey Weiss (SPRD Committee), Charles Hornig (Planning Board), Ricki Pappo (LexCAN), Atreyi Basu (SustainabLY), Melissa Battite (Recreation staff), Rick DeAngelis (Recreation Committee), Michael Boudett, Sallye Bleiberg, Tom Shiple, Barbara Katzenberg, Jeanne Krieger, Tina McBride, Nancy Sofen, Ingrid Klimoff, Gerry Paul, Christian Boutwell The meeting was called to order at 6:03 pm. Cindy referenced the opening statement requested by the Town Clerk and all members present responded that they could hear. Approval of past meeting minutes. The draft minutes of January 24 and February 10, 2023, were approved as written. Comments from residents; emails to committee mailbox; new business. •Charlie mentioned the public workshop being run by the group sponsoring the Statement of Concern for Lexington’s Trees on Thursday, March 2 at 7 pm. •Paul brought up the need for a new Community Aggregation contract later this year. Joe explained that the Select Board took it up and signed a new contract today, with rates of $13.081/kwh for basic service and $13.998 for New England Green, with no change in the percentage of Class I RECs. Paul expressed disappointment with the lack of consultation with SLC. The committee briefly discussed that the role of the SLC in reviewing these types of contracts is in the SLC’s charter and the topic should be added to a future meeting to discuss how best to ensure that the SLC is in the loop in the future. .1